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I showed my missus this picture and said "there should be a quote with this saying - This global warming thing is getting serious". My missus said "nah, he's been waiting for Villa to win a game".

Comes to something when my other half is even taking the piss out of us.

Hows her stand up career going, out of interest?

Watching the community shield highlights.

I clearly haven't been paying attention.

I had no idea City had signed Caballero or Arsenal had signed Debuchy

File those in the 'went under the radar due to being signed during the World Cup' drawer

Some very bad Villa support on show on here tonight.

I'll bite.

Why?

People can support who they want but there has been a few hate filled over the top celebrations at Hollands defeat. One of our own has gone out and done us proud in the international stage tonight. Bit of recognition for the once great Aston Villa.

Would've been nice to have a finalist.

 

Who cares. 

 

He plays for Holland not England.

For the first time ever I agree with this guy. I'm glad the Dutch are out, they get my goat. One (soon to be ex) Villa player won't sway me I'm afraid

Some very bad Villa support on show on here tonight.

I'll bite.

Why?

Why has a keeper error leading to a disallowed goal in a friendly left you with a bad taste for the WC?

Nothing wrong with supporting (or following on the TV to give a more apt description) underdogs taking down the big $$$ men. As a Villa fan it gives me hope.

 

If you had went into the bookies and asked for an Atletic La Liga/Champions League double you wouldn't have been given odds you'd have been laughed out the shop. 

 

100-1 for the Champions League

300-1 for the La Liga

 

Imagine that in a double.

In fairness you've made up those odds. They were 66/1 for La liga. Unsure on champs league but I'm guessing around 25/1

Is anyone else doing the online one as well? I have 44 swapsies. I just want a Victor Moses for Nigeria, damn it!

 

Got Vlaar early on.

Online sticker albums????

ooh, that's not gonna bode well for the #HARRYISAWORDREMOVED brigade

you mean anyone with a brain?

Yes anyone with a brain. Or conversely, anyone who doesn't think life's too short to get riled up or angry about a man off the tele

ooh, that's not gonna bode well for the #HARRYISAWORDREMOVED brigade

Anyone sad enough to score these?

A good day for football in Birmingham.

Why do you care about the city of Birmingham so much?

Looks like a woman but really it's a man. I don't find him attractive, it's just confusing

I'm flying about 4 times a week at the moment and every flight makes me hate it even more. I know the stats, I know how safe it is but I can't stop myself expecting to fall out of the sky at any given moment. The most irrational of fears but if I never had to get on a plane again, I'd be delighted.

Same with me.

 

I'm not flying very regularly, but my fear is getting worse each time.

Now it's not very bad, just a bit of nerves. But it's definitely getting worse.

 

Barely an hour flight from Cork on Wednesday, and I was dreading it. Found myself thinking "I'll go to the supermarket when I'm back in Birmingham... if I survive the flight"

 

As you say, totally irrational. I KNOW I'm more likely to die on the way to the airport. But I can't help it.

I'd love to cure it. It's not enough to stop me flying anywhere. But it's enough for me to hate the prospect of taking a flight.

what you need is a scary flight with heavy turbulence and people screaming and crying

 

once you survive that then you'll be cured and never fear flying again

 

 

Has that happened to you? What happened?

Im guessing there was turbulence. And people started crying.

Most regular flyers will have had a flight like that

It's amusing how many of them seriously think we're going to beat Man City - Obviously their delusion > our incompetance

Yeah I'm not his biggest fan but a racist storm caused by the absence of a racist word just seems quite new to me

You could argue the ‘older’ generation don’t realise what is racist and what isn’t.

Then Why did he mumble it? And have you heard his apology/defence? He knew it was wrong, which is why he mumbled it. It was clearly audible on one of those takes though

So is the rhyme still inherently racist even if you replace the n word or mumble instead?

Because I think I recited it as a kid with different words in order to decide who was 'it' in tig. I need to know if I'm racist

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2046417-8-insane-cristiano-ronaldo-stats-no-one-talks-about/page/9

 

10 incredible stats about C Ronaldo. I was genuinely flabbergasted by some of them. He's even better then I thought.

Not a good week for the Anti-Con

Minor quibble, but isn't the opposite of Gerrard missing a penalty,Gerrard scoring a penalty?

Is Courtois the best keeper in the world?

He's better then Cech anyway. If they don't loan out him or Lukaku then they could win the league without signings

I cannot believe a Villa fan would pay a tenner to go to this game.

However.....stick a tenner on them to win @ 3/1 and it will ease the pain if they end their hilarious home streak

Is this what the FA are using in order to charge Mourinho?

 

They were much better to watch last year.

Yeah. I thought appointing Pep was odd but hoped he would change his style to what Bayern and Dortmund had been playing because it's just better. But apparently not. Why is he making players like Robben, Ribery, Muller, Mandzukic play such heavy possession slow tempo shite? It's so obviously not suited to them.

 

I mean they're still going to destroy everybody in the league because they are that much better than everybody else but they've not convinced me in a single game against top teams. Scraped past Man Utd ffs.

 

Their performance at the Etihad was one of the best club performances I've ever seen

One of my mates is enraged because the Guardian spoiled it.  Looks like they've pulled the article now.

The spoilers debate is an interesting one. With so much content being consumed on demand, it goes to show you're still better off watching something as soon as it airs. With GoT though, the last scene from the most recent episode, was written what, 15 years ago?

What is the statute of limitations here?

I don't get the Liverpool hate at all. It'd be amazing if they won it

it would be an amazing achievement.

But I hate Liverpool fans. So **** them. Anyone but them

Media bias I get. Hating a whole fanbase not so much. A few of my mates are glory grabbing Liverpool fans (do you hate then too?) and as unbearable as it will make them I can't begrudge them a bit of happiness, life's too short to hate on everything.

yes. I hate your friends.

I hate yours. Let's fight!